The last 4-6 weeks of the school year are tough. Everyone is tired and bored with the routine of the first 150+ days of school.

On this episode of the podcast I share five project ideas that you can use, mix, and modify for your classroom to help you finish the year on a positive note.

Episode sponsor: Google Admin Bootcamp

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

I recently helped a school purchase 50 new Chromebooks and had the opportunity to experience zero touch enrollment for the first time.

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that’s you!).

Here are my favorite links for April 2022:

1. Google Docs gets emoji
2. LOTS of Google Classroom updates 
3. New calendar appointment page
4. Hybrid work updates to Meet  
5. Google Educator exam review
6. When will your district run out of free storage?
7. ChromeOS version 100 
8. Celebrate with Confetti 
9. “Technostress” is real, and it’s increasing
10. Amazing Drone video

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

For more than a year, Taryn Sullivan and her team of developers have been building a new feature for Google Classroom called "Practice Sets." Listen in on our conversation to learn about this upcoming feature for Google Classroom!  -----------------------------

Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter.

The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that’s you!).

Episode Sponsor: VIZOR for Chromebooks:

VIZOR provides Chromebook 1:1 Management Software for Schools

Here are my favorite links for March 2022:

1. Embed charts from Google Forms
2. Pageless documents 
3. ChromeOS Flex (beta)
4. IT Admin Tip: custom admin roles
5. Google Forms phishing scam 
6. Scan documents with Google Classroom 
7. Screen Pal (video where you type)
8. Grammar practice with Slides
9. 30 ways to use Forms in the Classroom
10. April fools pranks

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

Akshat Sharma is the Lead Product Manager for Google Classroom, a product that impacts more than 150 million students and teachers around the globe.

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

For more than 2 years, Google has been working on a secret project called "LaCrOS."

What is the new feature and how will it impact ChromeOS?

Additional Resources:

• LaCrOS: new life for expired Chromebooks?
• Official LaCrOS development page
• How to enable LaCrOS (via Chromeunboxed)

Episode Sponsor: VIZOR for Chromebooks:

VIZOR provides Chromebook 1:1 Management Software for Schools.

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

Vizor asset management connects the Google Admin console with your SIS to give a clear picture of the health of your Chromebook fleet.

Today I am joined by Dean and Jeff, members of the VIZOR education team who are going to explain how Vizor can help organize the pile of Chromebooks sitting in my office!

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

As part of my daily routine, I scan dozens of blogs, visit a handful of Facebook groups, and skim through Twitter. The goal: find the most helpful resources, tools, and articles that I can share with my teacher friends (that’s you!). Here are my favorite links for February 2022:

• Originality reports for Slides
• New Gmail Layout
• Doodle for Google is back!
• EDUTech Guys at FETC
• 21st Century Teacher
• The first USI pen for students
• Etch-a-sketch with Sheets
• Teach your students to file a tax return 
• 2022 Virtual Valentine Project
• Black history lesson plans 

Episode Sponsor: VIZOR for Chromebooks:

VIZOR provides Chromebook 1:1 Management Software for Schools.

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!

I took the L1 and L2 Google Educator exams in early 2022. I knew the exams had changed, but I was surprised by some of the questions I received.

Episode Sponsor: VIZOR for Chromebooks:

VIZOR provides Chromebook 1:1 Management Software for Schools.

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Thanks for tuning into the Chromebook Classroom Podcast! If you enjoyed today's episode, I would appreciate your honest rating and review!

You can connect with me, John Sowash, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. I would love to hear your thoughts on the show!